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Letters Patent No. 79,085, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVED MEAT-CUTTER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, S. L-HSTOGKSTILL and H. H. DILLE, of Medway, in the county of Clark, and State of Ohio, he.ve invented a new and improved Meat-Cutter; and we do hereby declare that the following is aiull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, refer ones being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figurel represents a vertical transverse section of our improved meat-cutter, taken on the plane of. the

linen: zc, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the plane of the line 3/ y, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i l

This invention relates to anew machine for cutting meat for the production of sausages, hash, or other articles of food, and consists chiefly of'two rollers, of which one carries a set of cutters that work between arms projecting from the other, and through a stationary slotted plates The cutters and the arms are set spirally around their respective rolle'rs, so as to feed the cut meat toward one end of the machine, where it is discharged.

p A, in the drawing, represents a case or shell, of suitable size, and made of suitable material. In its ends are the bearings for two shafts'or rollers, B and O, of which the upper one, 13, carries a series of projecting spikes or arms, a a, while on the lower roller, 0, is secureda series of projecting knives or cutters, D D, as

shown. The knives, as well as the spikes, are set spirally around their respective shafts,- a;s shown. The spikes are set so far apart that the knives fit betweenv them.

Fromthe case A'projets, between the shafts BO, a slotted plate, E, which is below and out of'reach of the spikes, but close nbove the roller 0." The cutters fit and work through the slots arranged in this plate.

The frame A'is or-shonld be composed of two parts, of which one is stationary, while the other, 6, can be swung down, to allow the removal of the rollers. Theplate E, consequently consists of two sections, one being attached to each part of the frame. The inner face of the frameA is so shaped that the spikes and-cutters can just'turn inrit, asindicuted in fig. 1.

The knives are made narrowerat their outer ends, as shown, so as to produce a drawing out. 'The shafts B C may be geared together, as shown, or are otherwise connected,and receive rotary motion from suitable mechanism. I

Through a hopper,- F, the meat to be cut is inserted into the machine, and is, by the spikes, carried around, and held to the cutters, which work between the spikes, and if pieces of meat' are not retained by the spikes, they fall upon the plate E, and are thereon out n'p into such small particles that they can fall through the slots in the plate E to'the lower compartment of the case, whence theywill be discharged throughra hole, a, in one end of the case, 'to which they are carried by the spirally-set knives. The size of the discharge-hole can be re ulatcdby a damper orjplate,d, so as to have the meat carried off with a certain desired speed.

We claim as new, and desire'to secureby Letters PatentliThe inclined slotted plate E, attached to opposite sides of the shell. A, belowthe spikes a, whereby, as the two halves of the shell are brought together, the inner edges of the plates fit against each other, to form a partition, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

2. A meat-cutter, consisting of tworo'llers,'B andG, carrying spikes and cutters respectively, and workin within a case, A, thatis, by means of a slotted partition, E, divided into two compartments, as set f-orth.

The above specification of our invention signed by us,this 15th day of February, 1868.

S. STOOKSTILL, H. H. DILLE,

Witnesses ALEXANDER DILLE, ELIAS ALSPAUGH. 

